Table 4.

Summary of relevant literature evidence available on SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection in seminal fluid

References	Total Patients	Age (mean or range)	Acute (positive semen)	Acute (negative semen)	Recovered (positive semen)	Recovered (negative semen)	Method
Gacci et al. [20]	43	30–64			1	42	RT-PCR
Li et al. [21]	23	69.3			0	23	RT-PCR
Ruan et al. [22]	70	30.5			0	70	RT-PCR
Temiz et al. [26]	30	37.2			0	30	RT-PCR
Rawlings et al. [27]	6	38			0	6	RT-PCR
Pavone et al. [28]	9	42			0	9	RT-PCR
Kayaaslan et al. [29]	16	33.5	0	10	0	6	RT-PCR
Holtmann et al. [30]	20	42.2	0	2	0	18	RT-PCR
Ma et al. [23]	12	31.5	0	1	0	11	RT-PCR
Guo et al. [24]	23	41			0	23	RT-PCR
Pan et al. [25]	34	37			0	34	RT-PCR
Li et al. [10]	38	n/a	4	11	2	21	RT-PCR
Paoli et al. [32]	1	32			0	1	RT-PCR
Song et al. [31]	12	22–38	0	1	0	11	RT-PCR
Present study	4	51.5	0	2	0	2	RT-PCR
Total	341		4	27	3	307